Grounding Into Double Plays Records by Baseball Almanac

Grounding into Double Plays Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for grounding into double plays — including career marks, single season plateaus and game related records.

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Grounding Into Double Plays Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore	350
	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	193	305
	NL	Hank Aaron	Atlanta	112	305
Grounding Into Double Plays Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season (150+ Games Played)	AL	Dick McAuliffe	Detroit	0	1968
	NL	Craig Biggio	Houston	0	1997
	NL	Augie Galan	Chicago	0	1935
Fewest In A Season By A Rookie (150+ Games Played)	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle	3	2001
Fewest In A Season By A Rookie (150+ Games Played)	NL	Vince Coleman	St. Louis	3	1985
Most In A Season	AL	Jim Rice	Boston	36	1984
	NL	Brad Ausmus	Houston	30	2002
	NL	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati	30	1938
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	AL	Ben Grieve	Oakland	32	2000
	NL	Sean Casey	Cincinnati	27	2005
	NL	A.J. Pierzynski	San Francisco	27	2004
Most In A Season By A Righthander	AL	Jim Rice	Boston	36	1984
	NL	Brad Ausmus	Houston	30	2002
	NL	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati	30	1938
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Billy Johnson	New York	27	1943
	AL	Al Rosen	Cleveland	27	1950
	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	21	2001
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	AL	Dave Philley	Philadelphia	29	1952
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	NL	Ted Simmons	St. Louis	29	1973
Most Seasons Leading The League	AL	Jim Rice	Boston	4	1982
			Boston		1983
			Boston		1984
			Boston		1985
	NL	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati	4	1933
			Cincinnati		1934
			Cincinnati		1938
			New York		1944
Grounding Into Double Plays Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Game	AL	Goose Goslin	Detroit	4	04-28-1934
Most In A Game	NL	Joe Torre	New York	4	07-21-1975
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Grounding Into Double Plays Records

Did you know that the only right handed hitter to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a double play during a season is Craig Biggio?

Did you know that the only left handed hitter to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a double play is Dick McAuliffe?

Did you know that the only switch hitter to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a double play is Augie Galan?

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